"I've known Peter Dutton for a lot of years," the Dickson local told the BBC on polling day. "Peter Dutton's face behind him was a huge turnoff - for me personally too." "I spoke to a few friends… some did change their votes because of Peter Dutton," she says. Mr Cutler, a former Labor party staffer, believes Labor ran very strong local campaigns. "You can wonder: was Peter Dutton, in hindsight, the Labor Party's best asset?"